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Chapter 8 Stalker

Chapter 8 Stalker

Swish!

“Three points to the Jaguars!” The crowd cheered after I made yet another three point shot, keeping us in the lead.

I love this game and everything about it. I love the smell of pop corn mixed with soda pop and sweat. Sounds of cheers, basketball and sneakers connecting to the court, and feel of my heart beating in my chest along with the electric feeling I always felt. Everything was going great, except for the fact that I couldn’t find my jersey and I had to wear a different one; other than that things were great. We were winning which didn’t surprise me seeing as how their coach seemed like a hippie who only cared about having fun rather than actually playing. I understand that it’s nice to have fun, but it’s also nice to win.

Once again I was able to steal the ball from the opposing team and pass it to one of my team mates who went for the layup. 57 to 16 and it’s the 4th quarter. Damn they kinda suck. They called for a time out and I went over to the bench to get some Gatorade. While drinking some I looked up the stands to see my mom sitting in between Hanna and Tina. Sage, Helena and Alice sat on the row below them, eating hot dogs. Well Sage is eating a hot dog while Alice is drinking a soda and Helena’s waving at me; I smile and wave back just as the ref blows the whistle for us to continue.

60- 18 was the final score. The team we went against lost and honestly looked embarrassed, especially when their coach was saying something about pizza and ice cream, no joke. I made the winning basket, doing a smooth and successful layup, one that was a simple layup since I didn’t feel the need to embarrass the other team any further with some flashy basketball shot.

“Shane that was amazing I’m proud of you.” Mom said while hugging me tightly after I showered and changed.

“You looked amazing out there Shane.” Hanna said before she too hugged me tightly, but not too tight to where it would look like a move of affection. “You didn’t hurt your hand did you?”

“It’s a little stiff but I’ll be fine.” I tell them while walking with them down the school hall. “Where’s Sage?”

“Helena has to go to work so she’s taking her, but she and Alice will be at the house and we're gonna order pizza when we get there.” I nod my head at Hanna’s words.

“Are you ready to go?” Mom asks.

“I just have to see if maybe left my jersey in my locker.” I tell them as I walk up to my locker.

I input the combination and open the locker, only to be greeted by a pile of pictures pouring out and onto my feet.

“What the fuck?” I jump back, slightly startled at the sudden surprise.

“What is that?” Mom asks, bending over to pick up one of the pictures.

“Shane what is this?” Hanna asks this time, looking at one of the pictures.

I look at the picture and see that it’s lesbian pornographic pictures with my face photo shopped to one of the girls.

“Oh my god.” I pick up another picture to see the same the same thing just a different picture. I picked up another, then another and another feeling my fear and anger rise.

I look in my locker and see a box sitting on the top shelf. I push through all the printed out picture and reached into my locker, picking up the box and moving backwards some. I look down and see a red bow tied on the box.

“Shane” Mom moves closer to me and watches as I slowly untie the bow, and then gently open the box. What I see nearly makes me throw up, hell I felt it come up but then go back down.